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Ahhhh... I wish there were some rounded (bike-shaped) tires for these wheels that won't jump from edge to edge when steering, not these squared truck/car tires. But I realize that their use case will be so limited. Initially, I expected the 39367 tires... https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=39367c0 but they are too big for this set.

Well, I will check if I have their models assembled and will try to do it. It should be interesting too Thanks, I thought so and that's why I decided to share it here, with you) It's Studo in-built render. I set the higetst quality and let running for a day (my laptop is a kid of slow crap) to render them.

Once I got a veird idea to compare the exisiting "mid-scale" cars to see how they match (or don't in size, wheelbase and other dimensions). Here is the result of overlaying the folloeing cars: 42093 Chevrolet Corvette 42098 "Fake Chevrolet Camaro" 42123 McLaren Senna 42138 Mustang Shelby GT500 I used the front-left wheelarch (panted in red) as an anchor and that is what I get: The biggest surptise for me was that Senna is not that low as may look like - its roof is even the higest one. Only "Fake Camaro" is higer, but due to lifter rear axle. Another discovery - the rear overhang of Shelby GT500 (I saw it as disproportionally short) is just only 1 stud shorter than McLaren's one Corvette's front overhang appeared only 1-stud shorthet than McLaren's "nose" And now the wheelbases: early-built Chevrolettes shares the same wheelbase, than +1 stud longer goes Shelby and once again +1 stud longer goes McLaren

Guys, really... Enable the math and physics, and you will see that the wire with two ends are fixed at two objects, rotating to each other, will also rotate to each other. No matter how the wire is placed, bent, or shaped - while one end stays fixed and other is turing, the middle have no other possibility except to be twisted.

Just in case, here the details for the headlights "facelift". Really hope someone may make it better and higher...

Complain we have nothing to change or replace

That is the hardest thing fir me, I tried to add working steering but stopped until NY holidays due to damn over-workload by the end of the year Looking forward to see how you did it, to compare with my drafts. Just borrowing the existing internals of Corvette with no 0.5 offset was too boring and unfair to the original model

Or, put them even more outward and add some 1*2 slopes above the wheel to have an "extended" wheelarch.

Do you mean something like "competitorsourced Technic counterparts"? It would be interesting to see missed/possibly coming (like alternate flip-flap liftarmzs) or differently solved challenges, for sure if Jim and Milan approve it.

Well, "competitor brands" are not very welcomed here (except a few significant cases) and I'm not sure Lego MOCers will actively use these even-lengthed beam parts once/if competitors will release them.

I mean it is less possible TLG would use it for a relativelly insignificant feature: it may fit everywehere but even having more major features are questionable regarding LA use, it less likelly be used for "just a stand unfolding". But I may be totally wrong here...

I higly doubt the trailer will have mini LA for the stand for a given scale. I expect it may have a dead-simple stand just fixed in place by friction pins, or a more complicate 42106-like stand with foldable triangle arm. The same, as for the tipping bed.

Guys, sorry for a stupin question, do we really have confirmation that "Mclaren F1" here is a Formula 1 racing bolid, not a supercar of 1996-2005 years with the same name?

Well currently we have huge and sometimes overcomplicated but still non-motorized "flagships" are currently moved to UCS series...

Like 42030 loader, which was a tractor originally and had front-back reversed and got a bucket mounted to rear attachement points.

I wonder how easy it could be convert it to RT and RX versions. For RT we will need to remove the rear frame (it has only front "half" ), move equipment attachment point to ex "pivot point" and add two solid tracks. I belive the rubber ones from City-Arctic-Mining sets will fit here and allow to keep the original rims as "sprokets". For RX we need just four triangle-shaped tracks...

At least, the side shown at the main image as the "upper" has a small rubber-tired wheel at the highest peak, so even having a "dragging" feature, it should be more "rolling". Well, I really hope...

But we already had white Porshe's not so long ago, semi-UCS and pullback this year. I still bet on teal, possibly white/teal. It looked great at '50-60 classic cars, and should work for modern supercars too

Or a distribution box for winch or dump tipper. Like it was in 42029 pickup.

As for me it looks having all-pendular axles. * First axle is spring-loaded (possibly like Wrangler's rear axle) and the longitudial shaft (also acting as a pivot point) appears as the steering shaft. * Second and thrid axles longitudial shaft should be a drive shaft to power the horizontal 2 Large cylinders "boxer?" engine. So we might have 6x4 vehicle. I really hope it is not a silly 6x2. * The rear suspension could be the same spring-pendular one, only pendular, or (I would love it!) pendular with addiotional longitudial pendular arms. A kind of quad-pendular, when only diagonal movements are allowed. Similar to the scheme I have ttied to describe))

Wow, they are so natively demanded, so I hadn't realized they never existed yet, until this moment. Great!

It looks better but I still didn’t manage to fit them under these lime small fairings - their mounts blocks the headlights from above

Hello mates! As we all know the set 42138 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has come not been as good as we all expected. Here, in this topic, let's try to compile our unstoppable ideas and attempt to make the World even better My first input here is a "donkey" headlight fix. The result is not perfect but needs just a few extra parts and makes it a little better. Before VS After "Facelifting": I'm sorry, I out the wrong LED slope to the left (right for the driver) side... And how it can be done. Just raise the round headlight a bit using the 1x1 plate and divide the 2x1 bracket into a pair of 1x ones.

Possibly it was a reason to have a visual control - the wheels slips off (that's why they have 1/2 spare stud at the axles) and red bushes easilly indicate if they are reached the ends already or not yet... Regarding the color, I guess it was a choose of necessity. The iconic colors are blue with white stripes, or white/gray-metallic with blue stripe ("Ford Performance Blue"). Blue was just used for Mclaren, white goes to Porshe. Gray was an option (and I expected to see it) but possibly was too boring for bright and fast car. Now we see, that "fast" is a literal property of this set. So, they took the next iconic color, "Grabber lime" which returned in 2020 (since 1970th) and possibly was taken to distinguidh the new geberation. Like vibrant ornage for Raptor.

If I'm not mistaken, it is recommened to tow "partly loaded" with hooks or underlift the RWD cars by raising its rear part, e.g. "raise and tow the driven axle". So if they can be taken by the rear, they should be compatible with 42128. As for 42098 transporter, I found tge same "hole" behind the front bumper at Mustang, so it should nice fit the yellow locks. However, because of pullback motors it will not able to roll backward freeley.